Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Mobile terminal and method for providing user interface thereof
    Patent number: 8483770
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a controller configured to execute an operation mode relating to one or more functions of the mobile terminal; a sensor configured to detect a motion of a pen unit by sensing ultrasonic waves generated by the pen unit; a display configured to display information; and a wireless communication unit configured to wireless communicate with at least one other mobile terminal. Further, the controller is further configured to compare the motion of the pen unit with a preset specific pattern, and to execute an operation corresponding to the specific pattern based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Suk Yoo, Hung-Chol Chin, Man-Soo Sin
  • Dryer and a control method thereof
    Patent number: 8479410
    Abstract: A dryer control method includes: a first dry step of drying a dry item with strong hot wind while tumbling a drum in which the dry item is placed; and a second dry step of drying the dry item with mild hot wind while tumbling the drum. Because the dry process is repeatedly performed on the dry item according to a proposed dry algorithm, the dry item made of wool fiber can be prevented from being shrunken or creased in the dry process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki-Wook Jung, Jun-Seok Lee
  • Refrigerator and control method for the same
    Patent number: 8479527
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method of the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a plurality of evaporators and a refrigerant path conversion device connected with the plurality of the evaporates, the refrigerant path conversion device controlling a path of refrigerant to perform defrosting operations for predetermined evaporators and cooling operations for the other evaporators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gye Young Song, Kwang Woon Ahn
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 8482914
    Abstract: An electronic device with multi-phase mechanism including a host, a storage device and a carriage is provided in the present invention. The storage device is slidably disposed in the host and adapted to be pulled out from the host. The carriage is slidably disposed in the storage device and adapted to be pulled out from the storage device. Through the storage device slidably disposing in the host and being adapted to be pulled out from the host, it facilitates the user to take or replace a content from the storage device. When the carriage is moved out from the storage device in a first phase and then the storage device is pulled out from the host in a second phase, the content in the storage device is taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Cheng Chen
  • Battery connecting tabs
    Patent number: 8480426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery connecting tabs for electrically connecting a plurality of batteries. The battery connecting tabs include a first layer and a second layer adhered to the first layer. The second layer is physically and electrically connected to the first layer, and the second layer has a plurality of holes formed thereon, wherein the conductivity of the second layer is higher than the first layer, the thickness of the second layer is thicker than the first layer, and the first layer is physically and electrically connected to electrodes of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Te Chuang
  • Method for controlling output of display unit and system enabling of the method
    Patent number: 8482577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for controlling the output of a display unit to meet various requirements of the user, and an output control apparatus employing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Su Kim, In Hoon Kim
  • Display apparatus having a minimized non-display region
    Patent number: 8482691
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus may include a display module that outputs an image, a front panel provided at a front side of the display module, a shield layer positioned at a rear side of the front panel, a back cover coupled to the rear side of the front panel, and first and second optical refractors provided on a rear side of the front panel. The first optical refractor may overlap an outer edge of the shield layer and the second optical refractor may overlap an inner edge of the shield layer. This arrangement may minimize the visible portion of a shield member provided in the display apparatus, and may increase an image display region of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Don Park, Soon-Hyung Kwon, Seung-Gyu Lee, Deog-Jin Lee
  • Apparatus and method for receiving signals in multi-carrier multiple access systems
    Patent number: 8483326
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving signals in a multi-carrier multiple access system is provided. The method includes receiving signals from at least one base station each signal having a base station identifier, processing the signals to identify each base station by using the base station identifier, performing channel estimation using the processed signals, combining the processed signals using information obtained from the channel estimation and decoding the combined signals. The apparatus includes a serial-to-parallel converter, a Fast Fourier transformer, a parallel-to-serial converter, a despreading processor, a channel estimator, a signal combiner and a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hak Seong Kim, Bong Hoe Kim, Dong Wook Roh, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo
  • Mobile terminal and corresponding method for transmitting new position information to counterpart terminal
    Patent number: 8483708
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other counterpart terminal; a camera module configured to capture images; a touchscreen display configured to receive touch inputs and to display information; a position location module configured to provide a location of the terminal; and a controller configured to control the camera module to capture a preview image, to display the captured preview image on the touchscreen, to receive a designation input command indicating a destination object included in the camera preview image displayed on the touchscreen, to calculate position information of the designated destination object based on the location of the terminal provided by the position location module, and to transmit the calculated position information to the counterpart terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Wonjong Lee
  • LAMP
    Publication number: 20130170236
    Abstract: A lamp includes a first housing, a second housing, a bulb base and a positioning part. The first housing has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first sidewall is perpendicularly connected to the second sidewall and has a first surface and a first assembling tank penetrating through the first surface. The second sidewall has a first cave. The second housing is detachably assembled to the first housing and has a second cave. These two caves form a first opening. The bulb base is embedded into the first opening. The bulb base has a base opening and multiple slots. The slots are disposed on an inner sidewall of the base opening along a circular direction. The positioning part is disposed in the first assembling tank and suitable to move along a normal direction of the first surface. The positioning part has a first push button and a latch hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi-Chu Hsieh, Hui-Feng Jen, Che-Hsin Liao, Jia-Yi Juang
  • LAMP
    Publication number: 20130170237
    Abstract: A lamp including a case assembly, a lamp bottom and a fixing elastomer is provided. The case assembly has a first opening, and the lamp bottom inserts into the first opening to assemble with the case assembly. The lamp bottom has a first surface, a second opening and multiple first positioning structures. The second opening passes through the first surface, and the first positioning structures are located on the first surface. The fixing elastomer is disposed in the case assembly and has a second surface and a pair of second positioning structures suitable for locking with two of the first positioning structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi-Chu Hsieh, Hui-Feng Jen, Che-Hsin Liao, Jia-Yi Juang
  • LAMP
    Publication number: 20130170230
    Abstract: A lamp including a first housing, a second housing assembled with the first housing to form a housing assembly and a bulb base is provided. The second housing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall perpendicularly connected to the first sidewall. The first sidewall has a first stop portion extending along a normal direction. The bulb base is inserted into a first opening of the housing assembly to be assembled to the housing assembly. The bulb base has a second opening, multiple catches arranged on an outer sidewall of the second opening in a circumference direction and a second stop portion. The second stop portion disposed on the catches is located on a rotation path of the first stop portion when the bulb base rotates relative to the housing assembly for limiting a rotation angle between the housing assembly and the bulb base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi-Chu Hsieh, Hui-Feng Jen, Che-Hsin Liao, Jia-Yi Juang
  • Method for selecting RACH freamble sequence for high-speed mode and low-speed mode
    Patent number: 8477698
    Abstract: A method for selecting a RACH preamble sequence for a high-speed mode and a low-speed mode is disclosed. In the case of acquiring sequence-type information to be used by a specific UE contained in a high-mobility region, a signaling reanalysis method under a general circular shift condition is disclosed, and a method for acquiring sequence-type information via the signaling using the sequence set configured by a restricted circular shift condition is also disclosed. Finally, a method for constructing a sequence set is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee, Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Jin Sam Kwak, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Dragan Vujcic, Dong Cheol Kim
  • Method of transmitting measurement report in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 8478200
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication system and terminal for providing a wireless communication service, and more particularly, a method of transmitting a measurement log from a terminal to a network when a RRC connected terminal has not found a RRC connectable network, although a wireless dedicated channel is not allocated between the terminal and the network, in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from a UMTS, Long Term Evolution (LTE) System or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunhee Kim, Sung-Hoon Jung, Seung June Yi, Sung Duck Chun, Sung Jun Park
  • Method for executing menu in mobile terminal and mobile terminal using the same
    Patent number: 8478349
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising; inputting a drawing pattern on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; displaying a menu corresponding to the drawing pattern and a sub menu thereof on the touch screen by comparing a pre-stored drawing pattern table with the drawing pattern; and executing the sub menu by selecting the sub menu and a mobile terminal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyeong-Hye Seo, Jang Jae Jung, Tae Hun Kim
  • Method and apparatus for cooperative MIMO transmission operation in multicell wireless network
    Patent number: 8477867
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of configuring a multi-cell precoding matrix for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operation in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of base stations participate in cooperative communication is provided. A multi-cell precoding matrix is configured using one or more single-cell precoding matrices, and wherein coefficients to be multiplied by the single-cell precoding matrices satisfy a condition in which the product between the multi-cell precoding matrix and a Hermitian matrix of the multi-cell precoding matrix is a unitary matrix. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary for all base stations to perfectly know channel information. In addition, a feedback overhead is not high, and complexity is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Suck Chel Yang, Dong Ku Kim, Yo Han Kim, Jang Hoon Yang, Hyung Tae Kim, Hyuk Jin Chae
  • Method of transmitting and receiving ARQ feedback information
    Patent number: 8479073
    Abstract: A method of transmitting and receiving Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) feedback information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method of transmitting ARQ feedback information in a wireless communication system includes, at a transmitter, transmitting a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including an extended header including an ARQ feedback Polling Request (APR) field indicating whether or not the transmitter makes a request for ARQ feedback polling, and receiving an Acknowledgement (ACK) from a receiver if the APR field indicates that the transmitter makes the request for ARQ feedback polling to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eun Jong Lee, Ki Seon Ryu, Doo Hyun Sung, Yong Ho Kim, Young Soo Yuk
  • Method for transmitting data and preventing unauthorized data duplication for human-machine interface device using mass storage class operating on universal serial bus
    Patent number: 8479300
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data and preventing unauthorized data duplication for human-machine interface device (HID) using Mass Storage Class (MSC) operating on Universal Serial Bus (USB) simulating the HID as an external USB storage device to make data connection to an external computer thus driver installation is not required when the operating system used by the external computer is not compatible with the operating used by the HID. The method encrypted the transmitted data via a dynamic password and does not write the data to the File Allocation Table (FAT) therefore the transmitted data is not under threat of unauthorized data duplication by a third party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Yang Wu, Chia-Feng Lee, Sheng-Chou Lin
  • Display
    Patent number: D685805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Wen Lu, Chia-Chen Yang
  • Method of generating code sequence and method of transmitting signal using the same
    Patent number: RE44351
    Abstract: A method of generating a code sequence and method of adding additional information using the same are disclosed, by which a code sequence usable for a channel for synchronization is generated and by which a synchronization channel is established using the generated sequence. The present invention, in which the additional information is added to a cell common sequence for time synchronization and frequency synchronization, includes the steps of generating the sequence repeated in time domain as many as a specific count, masking the sequence using a code corresponding to the additional information to be added, and transmitting a signal including the masked sequence to a receiving end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Young Woo Yun, Hyun Hwa Park, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim